slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
track meet; athletic event for recording official times
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
several weeks; a few weeks
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
fate; destiny; predestination
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
square; formal; prim; stuffy
being argued into silence; being left speechless
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
to collapse into; to flop onto
long ago; already; a long time ago
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
undoubted; unmistakable; definite
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
wherein; therein; thereinto
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel